Cucumbers. No. 3.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (9)

cucumbers ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
ginger,[346] cloves ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
ginger,[346] cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a handful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a flannel
two thousand cucumbers ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
a pennyworth of Roman vitriol ↝ Beans, cranberry (roman), mature seeds, raw [Legumes and Legume Products]

Instructions (7)

Wipe the cucumbers clean with a coarse cloth, and put them into a jar.
Take some vinegar, into which put pepper, ginger, cloves, and a handful of salt.
Pour it boiling hot over the cucumbers, and smother them with a flannel.
Let them stand a fortnight.
Then take off the pickle, and boil it again.
Pour it boiling on the cucumbers, and smother them as before.
The pickle should be boiled in a bell-metal skillet.

Original Text

Cucumbers. No. 3.

Wipe the cucumbers clean with a coarse cloth, and put them into a jar. Take some vinegar, into which put pepper, ginger,[346] cloves, and a handful of salt. Pour it boiling hot over the cucumbers, and smother them with a flannel: let them stand a fortnight; then take off the pickle, and boil it again. Pour it boiling on the cucumbers, and smother them as before. The pickle should be boiled in a bell-metal skillet. With two thousand cucumbers put into the pot about a pennyworth of Roman vitriol.

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